"The worst friend I ever had!" said he reproachfully, as he took his old master's hand. "What should I be doing to-night if it hadn't been for you? You may say what you like; you've helped to make me the happiest man in all the world. I can marry her after all! Mr. Sellwood's as white a man as I know; even Lady Caroline has just given us best! But you"--and he laid an affectionate rough hand on Claude's shoulder--"dear old boy, what can I say to you? I'm ashamed to look you in the face. You've lost everything!" Claude was very pale; the other's honest eyes were shining with sympathy beneath their bushy brows; but the new Duke laughed aloud. "Lost everything?" he cried. "Not a bit of it! I'm not going to live for ever, and Claude's exactly where he was--the next man in. You think not? And have you known me all these years, and do you really and truly expect me to marry again? Jack--my boy--have I to tell you how it is with me? I have been a bad old lot in my time; but one woman I once loved well enough to spoil me for ever for all the rest." He paused an instant, and it was quite a tender hand he laid on Jack's shoulder. "And there's one man I love for her sake!" * * * * * By E. W. HORNUNG. THE ROGUE'S MARCH. A Romance. 12mo. $1.50. A BRIDE FROM THE BUSH. [Ivory Series.] 16mo. 75 cents. IRRAELI'S BUSHRANGER. A Story of Australian Adventure. [Ivory Series.] 16mo. 75 cents.